Summary

89 modules found
  1. GG1001 - Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment

    As the global population speeds past 7 billion, mounting evidence about resource depletion and climate change, and global economic inequality and social injustice, suggests…

  2. GG1002 - Worlds of Crisis and Hope

    Contemporary global problems such as pollution, biodiversity loss and population growth are critical issues for the planet's future and demonstrate the interdependence of social…

  3. GG2013 - Geography: Exploring the discipline 1

    Building on the exploration of contemporary global social and environmental crises at GG1000-level, this is the first of two GG2000-level modules that develop students'…

  4. GG2014 - Geography: Exploring the discipline 2

    This second 2000-level module introduces further disciplinary training, sub-disciplinary fields, and core themes such as environment, difference, and mobility, to lay the…

  5. GG2801 - Scotland's Evolving Landscape

    A bespoke, 4 week-long, 12 credit (120 study hours) summer programme for international study-abroad students from the College of William & Mary (USA). The course will be…

  6. GG3205 - Developing a Geography Research Proposal

    This module supports students in all aspects of developing a research proposal. It explains the principles of project design and the linkages between conceptualisation and…

  7. GG3206 - Quantitative Methods for Social Scientists

    This module is an introduction to undertaking quantitative data analysis in the social sciences and covers core statistical topics, and substantive topics in human geography and…

  8. GG3207 - Qualitative Methods for Human Geographers

    This module will focus on the design and conduct of qualitative research. It will explore the epistemological foundations on which different strands of qualitative research rest,…

  9. GG3208 - Survey Design

    This module is designed to provide students with experience of analyzing data from main UK social science surveys, reflecting on surveys from a methodological perspective and…

  10. GG3209 - Spatial Analysis with GIS

    This unit will introduce students to the basic principles of spatial analysis. Students will learn how to use spatial analysis methods and fundamental spatial algorithms for a…